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EP 1027083 A1 20000816 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISSEMINATING AN AIR MODIFYING AGENT

Title (en)

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISSEMINATING AN AIR MODIFYING AGENT

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERTEILUNG VON LUFTBEHANDLUNGSMITTELN

Title (fr)

APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DE DIFFUSION D'UN AGENT MODIFICATEUR DE L'AIR

Publication

EP 1027083 A1 20000816 (EN)

Application

EP 98949159 A 19981026

Priority

  • GB 9803194 W 19981026
  • GB 9723053 A 19971031

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9922776A1] An apparatus and method are provided, which enable an air modifying agent such as an insecticide, pesticide, insect repellant, fragrance, perfume etc. to be disseminated into an atmosphere. The air modifying agent is entrained in a flammable liquid carrier (2) which is less volative than the agent, which is held in a container (1). A wick (3) draws the agent/carrier (2) up to an igniting station provided at the rim (5) of a metal collar (4) which closely encircles the wick (3). The collar (4) is provided with a pair of diametrically opposed elongate slots (8), which expose part of the wick (3) to the atmosphere and thereby provide a vaporisation station spaced below the igniting station and disposed in the path of the flammable liquid carrier. In use, heat from a flame (6) passes along the collar (4) and warms the wick (3) in the vaporisation station, thereby assisting the preferential evaporation of the air modifying agent from the vaporisation station, away from the flammable liquid carrier prior to the latter's combustion in the flame (6). An angled deflecting plate (10) is also provided to deflect the evaporated air modifying agent away from the flame (arrow A).

IPC 1-7

A61L 9/03; F23D 3/02

IPC 8 full level

A61L 9/03 (2006.01); F23D 3/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A61L 9/03 (2013.01 - EP US); F23D 3/02 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IT LI LU NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9922776 A1 19990514; AT E251917 T1 20031115; AU 9553298 A 19990524; CN 1278187 A 20001227; DE 69819029 D1 20031120; DE 69819029 T2 20040708; EP 1027083 A1 20000816; EP 1027083 B1 20031015; ES 2209213 T3 20040616; GB 9723053 D0 19980107; HU P0004901 A2 20010528; HU P0004901 A3 20010628; JP 2001521787 A 20011113; NO 20002123 D0 20000426; NO 20002123 L 20000426; PL 340379 A1 20010129; US 6562294 B1 20030513

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 9803194 W 19981026; AT 98949159 T 19981026; AU 9553298 A 19981026; CN 98810721 A 19981026; DE 69819029 T 19981026; EP 98949159 A 19981026; ES 98949159 T 19981026; GB 9723053 A 19971031; HU P0004901 A 19981026; JP 2000518706 A 19981026; NO 20002123 A 20000426; PL 34037998 A 19981026; US 56132800 A 20000428